Guard for skate runners



Oct. 17, 1933. c. l. JOHNSON GUARD FOR SKATE RUNNERS Filed July 3, 1950 o o c o o o o G U o o o o o o u u L U u U u U l N VEN TOR.

IHA/E55 JOHNSON r *kp ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 17, 1933 i vunirse s'rATss drei reins GUARD FOR SKATE RUNNERS Charles I. `iohnson, Chicago, Ill., assigner to Nestor Johnson Manufacturing Company, a corporation of illinois Application July 3, 1930. Serial No. 465,471

4 Claims. (Cl, 208-183) This invention relates to removable guards for the slot luextends into the knob to providel a runners of ice skates. hook-like portion 13 which lits over the upper The object of the invention is to make the guard edge or the front end of the runner blade as entirely of rubber or other suitable elastic mateshown inliig. 5. The advantage of thisis that 5 rial, and in One pieee, thereby Simplifying the the guard on being applied to the blade, is nrst 60 GOnStruCtiOn, enabling the guard te he readily hooked over the iront end of the saine, and then and easily put n and taken Off the runner, and the remaining portion of the guard is pressed also permitting the guard by reason of its resilup on the blade, the latter taking into the slot or lent Character t0 snugly grip the runner when apkerf l0. The rear end of the slot, that is, the end l0 plied thereto, and moreover permit stretching of at the rib or knob 12, is preferably made Square the guard tovlit different lengths of runners and or ai; right angles to the bottom' of the slot, so

adjust itself thereto. as to accommodate the square end at the rear The invention consists further in the matters end of the blade, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

hereinafter described and claimed. Being of liexible rubber, the guard is resilient l in the aCCOHlpahying draWirlg and thus snugly and tightly grips the runner 70 Fig. l is a side elevational View of an ice skate blade when applied thereto, and is held on the With ShOe attaehed, and Showing a guard 0f my blade without the need of additional fastening invention applied t0 the runner of the skate; means. Moreover, the guard may be stretched Fig- 2 iS a betteln pian View O the guard; in the direction of its length when being applied Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on line to the runner blade, and thusis under tension 75' 3 3 of Fig. 1; which serves to hold the guard on the blade with- Fig. 4 is a perspective View 0f the guard; and out additional fastening means, Being flexible Fig- 5 iS a SeCtiOhai View ShOWing a detail Of the guard may be stretched to lit blades of diierconstruction to be hereinafter deSCribedent lengths, and when applied to the blades will The iCe Skate ShOWn in the drawing iS Of the automatically by reason of its resilient properties 80 tubular type, and has a steel runner l, front and adjust itself to the length of the blade. When rear Cups 2, 3, beth SeCuIed t0 and eXtendng upstretched the side Walls of the slot 10 are brought Ward from the tube 4 into which the runner 1 Closely together, and thus the guard grips the extends, and is Secured as shown in Fig. 3. The runner blade throughout the entire length of oups support sole and heel plates 5, 6 to which the same, and is maintained on the blade with S5 the shoe '7 is rigidly secured as by rivets as in a, tight; m; and thus is prevented from gapping skates of this character. The skate illustrated is or loosening its hold on the blade ai; any part Of the racing type in Whieh the tulle 4 and the thereof. The knobs 11, 12 not only provide a runner lcontinue toaconsiderable extent beyond nish for Jghe ends of the guard, but present the toe of the shoe. In this type of skate the ior- Sumoienl; material to prevent the ends of the 90- ward brace 8 extends t0 and iS Secured t0 the blade from cutting through the guard. when the tubeias ShOWnll Fig. 1. latter is applied to the blade in its stretched The guard fOr the runner iS hdeated at 9- state. Moreover, these knobs afford linger graspy It is made entirely of flexible rubber and in one ing portions to facilitate the putting on and tak- 40 piece. The guard iS preferably InOlded t0 the ing oli' of the guard from the runner blade. There 95 Shape and Si'Ze required, and iS prOVided With a is suhcient material in the guard between its slot 0r kelf 10 eXtehding lengthWiSe 0f the guard lower surface 1 4 and the bottom of the slot 10 and Opening threugh the upper edge thereof t0 to prevent the skate runner from cutting through receive the runner-1 of the skate when the guard J@he guard, should the guard be Walked on when iS applied theretO- The guard iS plOVlded With applied to a skate. To facilitate Walking, the 100 IbS O1 kheb-like enlargements 11, 12 at its Opsurfacell is preferably made substantially flat, posite ends. These ribs or enlargements close the and may be given a tread formation as by the ends of the slot, andplotect the ends of the runprovision of a multiplicity of projections 15 Yner blade When the guard iS applied tlleletO- molded or otherwise formed thereon along the The ribs or knobs -11, 12 extend above the body opposite edges of the guard as shown in Fig. 2. 105 portion of the guard so as to enclose the ends The guard is simple in construction. It may of the runner blade and moreover permit the slot be easily and cheaply made. 1t is all in one piece, at its ends to be continued into the enlargements and is easy to put on and take on? of the runner, to nt over the ends of the blade. At the front and being of resilient material, not only readily end of the guard, namely, at the rib or knob 11, adjusts itself to the runner when applied thereto, 110

but snugly and tightly ts the same, and provides an efficient and effective guard for the runner to protect it both when the skate is being carried to and from the place of use, as well as when stored away, and when Walked on to and from the ice.

The details of structure and the particular form of material employed for the guard may be changed and modiiied Without departing from the spirit and scope oi my invention, except as pointedout in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A skate runner guard made entirely of flexible material and in one piece and having a slot or kerf to receive a runner, the ends of the guard being provided with enlargements to facilitate grasping of the guard and also to close the ends of the slot and to nt over the ends of the runner.

2. A skate runner guard being made entirely of flexible rubber or like material and having ay kerf or slot opening through the upper surface of the guard to receive a runner, the lower surface of the guard forming a tread therefor and provided With a multiplicity oi projections along the opposite sides of the guard.

3. A guard for enclosing the blade of an ice skate, comprising an elongated intermediate part, and pocket-equipped toe and heel parts at the ends of the intermediate part, and formed of elastic rubber so that in applying it to the blade the toe and heel parts may be stretched apart into the proper position for the reception of the ends of the skate blade, said toe and heel parts being thicker than the intermediate part so that they are not likely to stretch or become distorted during application of the guard to the blade.

4. A guard for enclosing the blade of an ice skate, comprising an elongated intermediate part, and pocket-equipped toe and heel parts at the ends of the intermediate part, and formed of elastic rubber so that in applying it to the blade the toe and heel parts may be stretched apart into the proper position for the reception of the ends of the skate blade, one of the parts at the ends of the intermediate part being provided at one side thereof With a rib forming a nger grip for facilitating stretching of the guard during application of the latter to the blade.

CHARLES I. JOHNSON. 

